Yes, the performance & range hit is measurable. That said, you might not
see it unless you're moving files on the LAN and/or you need the extra
range afforded by using no encryption. We really do need EAP/LEAP/WPA
support, as even WEP doesn't provide the level of security most people need
today.
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On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:31:45 -0300 "Mark Dodel" <madodel@ptdprolog.net>
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>In <1133-SnapperMsg4EDDFFFDBD663163@68.246.84.18>, on 09/09/04 at 12:03
>PM,
> Lewis G Rosenthal <lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com> said:
>
>>As a security measure, however, Mark, this (MAC address filtering) is
>>relatively weak. Some basic sniffing will reveal the associated MACs
>>(which traverse the air in clear text). After that, it's simply a matter
>>of spoofing one to get connected. Obviously, if there's already an IP
>>assigned to that MAC, there will be some connectivity issues, but when
>>your legitimate hardware is offline, someone else may freely connect
>>(and you'll become quite frustrated with your on again/off again
>>connectivity).
>
>I do realize that, but I've never done much other then mess with WEP and
>could never get it to work (though that was with the original Cisco
>driver). I keep meaning to revisit WEP, but I hear there is a large
>performance penalty wth it.
>
>
>Mark
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